This song of the Poppys is almost 50 years old and yet the children of today of the same age can still sing it now, because in these fifty years still absolutely nothing has changed, no essence.
And fortunately they do, in their own current way through Fridays For Future, Extinction Rebellion and many other movements, now asking more attention for climate then for war, but in the end it's the same wish and directed to the same people.
Song text (GENeric)
It's the tale of a truce
that I wanted to see...
It's the tale of a sun
that I'd been hoping for...
It's the tale of a love
that I thought was alive...
It's the tale of a nice day
that I, as little child,
I'd be happy to see
for all on this planet...
I just wanted, I just hoped,
that peace would reign all over...
this Christmas Eve,
but all just stayed the same...
but all just stayed the same...
but all just stayed the same...
No, no, but nothing changed
all, all just stayed the same...
No, no, but nothing changed
all, all just stayed the same...
Even so, many people
did sing along with us...
even so, many people
they got down on their knees...
for praying, (oh, yes to pray)
for praying, (oh, yes to pray)
But I see everyday
on the television...
and even Christmas Eve
I see guns and cannons.
So I cried, (oh, yes I cried)
So I cried.
Who will explain to me that...
no, no, but nothing changed
all, all just stayed the same...
No, no, but nothing changed
all, all just stayed the same...
I think of child
surrounded by the soldiers,
I think of the child
who's asking why...
all the time, (yes, all the time)
all the time, (yes, all the time)
I think about all that
but I should not...
...all these things
do not concern me.
And still, (yes, and still)
and still, I sing, I sing...
No, no, but nothing changed
all, all just stayed the same...
No, no, but nothing changed
all, all just stayed the same...
It's the tale of a truce
that I wanted to see...
It's the tale of a sun
that I'd been hoping for...
It's the tale of a love
that I thought was alive...
It's the tale of a nice day
that I, as little child,
I'd be happy to see
for all on this planet...
I just wanted, I just hoped,
that peace would reign all over...
this Christmas Eve,
but all just stayed the same...
but all just stayed the same...
but all just stayed the same...
No, no, but nothing changed
all, all just stayed the same...
No, no, but nothing changed
all, all just stayed the same...
No, no, but nothing changed
all, all just stayed the same...
No, no, but nothing changed
all, all just stayed the same...
